Feral Cat Fridays: Callie Of The Calico Ears
Tending a feral cat colony puts you in an awkward position. Your long-term goal is stopping the explosion of new cats and kittens. You live for the day that the…
Read moreThe View From Dry Creek Hill
The most recent View From Dry Creek Hill column is now up on the Bandera Prophet website. The Prophet is a local, on-line newspaper in Bandera, Texas. This is the…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Calico Cody Comes Calling
Cody was mentioned last week as one of Grable’s offspring, a member of the litter that Grable arrived with. Cody spent most of her early days in our back yard,…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Grable Comes To Town
It’s hard to know if we should be upset or pleased with Uncle Ernie. He was responsible for a lot of the colony we found ourselves needing to manage. Not…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Call Me Smudge
Some cats are hard to name. They wander into your world and you study them for unique markings. You observe their behavior and you cast around for historical, literary, musical,…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: A Hiss From Alger
What do you do when a strange cat greets you with a “Hisssssss?” You back away and name him Alger. Alger appeared in our yard one day looking lonely and…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Cats On A Hot Dry Hill
Our indoor cats love to find a spot in a sunny window and take a nap, no matter how hot it may be outside. It’s a different world for the…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: A Snowball In Texas
Many of the cats that found their way to our property were quickly integrated into the main colony, but a few always kept to the fringes. Snowball came from the…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Sherman Marches In
If anyone has any questions about the inheritance of feline personality, let me introduce Sherman as the first exhibit for the defense. Sherman was a child of Boots—you see them…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Citizen Duff
The most interesting part of tending our feral cat colony was observing its social structure. Like the meerkats in Meerkat Manor, our cats settled into social roles and places in…
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